That's still about two weeks behind normal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly crop report.

"Harvest is starting to pick up speed with 5 percent of the corn and soybean crop out of the field," said Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. "Early reports from farmers show yields vary widely across the state.

"It is likely the pace of harvest will continue to increase as the warm dry weather has helped the crop dry down in the field."

The crop's maturity also is behind schedule. About 61 percent of the state's crop has matured, behind the normal 76 percent. Additionally, about 88 percent of soybeans had turned color, which is eight percentage points behind normal.

Southeast Iowa continued to be the driest area of the state with more than 50 percent of topsoil moisture rated in the very short category.Temperatures last week were above normal and the weather was relatively dry.

Light rain fell over parts of the southwest third of the state on Tuesday morning and over the western one-quarter of Iowa on Friday morning. Light to moderate rain fell statewide on Saturday as the cold front advanced across the state.

Cedar Rapids received .39 inches of rain and Iowa City saw .29 inches of rain. The statewide average precipitation was .28 inches, while normal for the week is 0.74 inches.